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Rubio passes Trump urgent note on Middle East peace deal during antifa roundtable

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was holding a roundtable event with conservative influencers about antifa Wednesday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio, standing in the back corner of the White House’s Blue Room, caught his eye. He had news for Trump, he said, but it would have to wait until after the media left. Then Rubio passed the president a note. WATCH: Trump hosts roundtable on antifa after EO designating it a ‘domestic terrorist organization’ News photographers covering the event zoomed in on the handwriting on White House stationery that read, “You need to approve a Truth Social post soon so…

Katy Perry review – like being high on Haribo while trapped in a theme park | Katy Perry

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Katy Perry’s Lifetimes world tour arrives in Glasgow with a lot of baggage: somewhat scathing takes from its US run, backed up with lukewarm feelings about both her recent sojourn into space, and last year’s 143, an EDM-influenced album controversially co-produced by Dr Luke. Despite this, Perry is still a much-loved star in many camps, with her own brand of kooky iconography adopted by her fans tonight – like J-Lo at the 2019 Met Gala, I also run into a woman dressed up as a burger in the venue toilets. The tour is not the disaster that some have reported,…

Sora’s downloads in its first week was nearly as big as ChatGPT’s launch

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After OpenAI’s video-generating app Sora surged to the No. 1 position on the U.S. App Store, it has now, technically, experienced a bigger first week than ChatGPT on iOS, according to new data from app intelligence provider Appfigures. Its estimates show that Sora saw 627,000 iOS downloads in its first seven days of availability, compared with ChatGPT’s 606,000 iOS downloads during its first week. This isn’t the fairest comparison, however, because ChatGPT was available only in the U.S. during its first week, while Sora is currently offered in the U.S. and Canada at launch. Still, Appfigures says that Canada contributed…

World Grand Prix: Luke Humphries and Gary Anderson into quarter-finals

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World number one Luke Humphries moved into the quarter-finals of the World Grand Prix in Leicester with a comfortable 3-1 win over Krzysztof Ratajski.Humphries, 30, was champion in 2023 and runner-up last year, and reached the last eight after a half-time adjustment - hitting six 180s and averaging 95.58 at the 'double in, double out' tournament.He said: "I went off at the break and said to myself 'you must be doing something different because you don't play like this usually'."So I slowed my throw down and I started hitting the trebles. On the practice board I am hitting everything and…

Government shutdown means opportune timing

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The timing of Neptune Insurance Holdings' IPO couldn't be more opportune.Neptune, the nation's largest private flood insurance, debuts on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday under the ticker symbol "NP." The company sold more than 18 millions shares in its initial public offering at $20 apiece, and shares opened Wednesday at $22.50. The company's first trade comes just as the U.S. government has shut down, meaning the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) isn't accepting applications or processing new claims."Neptune is open for business," said Neptune chairman and CEO Trevor Burgess. "We can help the 1,300 people every day who are…

How a Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp By Becoming a Reddit Moderator

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Let’s say you decide to start a coding bootcamp. Your background is in pedagogy and you love teaching. Your parents were teachers. You find a co-founder, raise a bit of money, and pour your soul into your company. The first couple of years, students love your program. Positive feedback, extraordinary student outcomes, employees love the mission. You are quite literally changing lives. Your business grows. One day, you realize you’ve grown to 70 employees. And then… A competitor gets control of the main subreddit for your industry by becoming a Reddit Moderator. That watering hole becomes their megaphone. They are…

Comey pleads not guilty in case his lawyers say is politically motivated

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Former FBI Director James Comey was arraigned on Wednesday after federal prosecutors charged him with lying to Congress five years ago. The charges were brought against Comey by U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsay Halligan. Halligan’s predecessor was ousted for refusing to charge Comey. Amna Nawaz discussed more with NPR's Carrie Johnson. Amna Nawaz: Former FBI Director James Comey has pled not guilty after federal prosecutors charged him with lying to Congress five years ago. The charges were brought against Comey by President Trump's handpicked U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan, his former…

‘Their chemistry made one of their deaths inevitable’: how a billionaire couple’s life in paradise turned deadly | Podcasts

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The death of John Bender mystified the world. A handsome American millionaire, Bender moved to Costa Rica with his wife, Ann, two years after they married, and set about building a 2,000-hectare nature reserve, centred on a mountaintop mansion that had neither walls nor windows. But despite moving to this vision of paradise, the couple’s mental health fell into sharp decline and in January 2010, Bender died of a gunshot wound to the head.Thanks to an unscientific forensic investigation by the Costa Rican authorities, the perpetrator remains unknown. Suicide is one option – John had written emails about wanting to…

Even after Stargate, Oracle, Nvidia, and AMD, OpenAI has more big deals coming soon, Sam Altman says

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At nearly the same moment as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was expressing surprise over OpenAI’s multibillion-dollar deal with competitor AMD — shortly after his company agreed to invest up to $100 billion into the AI model maker — Sam Altman was saying that more such deals are in the works. Huang appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Wednesday. When asked if he knew about the AMD deal before it was announced, he answered, “Not really.” As TechCrunch previously reported, OpenAI’s deal with AMD is unusual. AMD has agreed to grant OpenAI large tranches of AMD stock — up to 10%…

Maya Le Tissier: Is it time for Man Utd ‘rock’ to start for England?

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Manchester United coach Marc Skinner was quick to shut down an obvious line of questioning around his match-winner Maya Le Tissier after the club's Champions League debut."Your next question is probably 'should she start for England'," he said. "I am not here to answer that."Despite becoming one of the most consistent defenders in the Women's Super League, making a record 71st consecutive appearance in last week's 1-1 draw with Chelsea, central defensive anchor Le Tissier has had limited exposure at international level.Marshalled by Le Tissier, United had the WSL's second-best defence last season, conceding just 16 goals in 22 games.The…